Jodi Hernandez reports on the cosmic close encounter that the earth is experiencing tonight and the real one Russia experienced this morning.

On a day that had a lot of people talking about meteorites and asteroids, a fireball of some sort was seen streaking across the Bay Area skies.

The fireball was seen around 7:45 p.m.

There are reports into the newsroom from people as far north as Fairfield and as far south as Gilroy. It was also seen in Sacramento, Newark, Walnut Creek, and St. Helena.

It was bluish in color and appeared to be heading straight to the ground, according to one viewer in Santa Clara.

"I saw that meteor/fireball over Solano County after spending the day reporting on asteroids and fireballs," said NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez.

Candice Guruwaiya told us on Facebook she saw it in San Jose. "I was leaving Safeway on Branham and Snell when I saw it. It looked like it was headed for the Capital Auto Mall area. It was a bright green when it first appeared, then it went to a bright yellow. It was awesome!" Guruwaiya posted.

Gina Johnson also saw it in San Jose. She also posted on our Facebook page that she had just walked out of a Fresh and Easy in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. "It looked just like the one I saw back in October except it was a little smaller. It was greenish in color just like the one on October. Everyone in the parking lot stopped and looked at it," Johnson posted

I was driving west on 237 and crossing Middlefield when I saw the fireball at 7:42 PM. It was bright white, moving very fast, and headed in an almost-vertical trajectory (maybe 5 degrees off vertical). It seemed to have burned out just before it hit the ground, maybe a couple thousand feet altitude. Just before it burned out, it seemed to split into several smaller pieces. I guesstimated it hit in the coastal range, maybe between Palo Alto and Half Moon Bay.

What a spectacular sight -- first time in my life I've seen a meteor fireball.

It is a truly amazing sight. I'm glad you were able to witness it. I've only seen it once myself.

It was about a week before Christmas 1995. Some of my coworkers and I were walking to our cars, shortly before midnight, when there was a streak of light and a brilliant flash of light high over our heads. It was bright enough that it cast shadows off the light poles in the parking lot. I never saw anything on the news, but I figure the only thing it could have been was a meteor exploding high in the atmosphere.

I saw it from Tacoma Wa. (Puyallup).
Sitting outside at my fire pit facing south.
Lasted about 1.5 seconds headed straight down.
Looked white from here. Bigger than any comet I ever saw.
Not really eye catching I was just looking at the sky in that spot
Very fast.

A couple years back I saw the result of Vandenberg losing a rocket at altitude. It was indescribable other to say the shockwave and colors resulting from fuel dispersal just as the sun was setting made for an apocalyptic picture....and I had no camera...grrrrr.....

Wow, all the way up in Puyallup! I swear it was landing only a few miles from me. I was guessing 1.5 seconds duration as well. I just happened to be looking at that spot while driving, too — maybe 20 degrees off the roadway to the right. Luckily I was on an elevated section of the expressway, so I was above all the local trees and buildings and had a clear view.

How many more rocks are up there are coming down? How big are they and where are the headed? I heard there were reports of ‘lights’ over Burbank last night. Are meteorites fracturing and raining down in various spots in tiny bits?

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posted on 02/15/2013 10:14:52 PM PST
by 444Flyer
(Obama killed the Twinkie, but not the Terrorists in Benghazi. What's wrong with this picture?)

How many more rocks are up there are coming down? How big are they and where are the headed? I heard there were reports of lights over Burbank last night. Are meteorites fracturing and raining down in various spots in tiny bits?

They think the one that exploded over Russia was part of a meteor shower and not a lone object. Some meteor showers can last as long as 10 days. Lets hope there aren’t more like the Rssian one headed our way.

Only racists would bring up an astronomical event that happened a few million years ago. It just goes to show you that dispite all the good things Arpaio has done, the stain of our history colors how the other 56 states still see us.

Now if you will excuse me, I noted from the videos yesterday that my ride is here. They won’t let me back into Area 51 after the little misunderstanding we had a while back, so I have to go rejoin my people in Russia...

See...This is why I’m going back to my planet. One little cultural misunderstanding and you guys act like it was some kind of catastrophe. I’d think by now you Earthers would have gotten over it. But no.

Well you can just shove your “Earth First!” nationalistic bull. I’m leaving.

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